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Contact: Jan Fiderio 603.283.2107 jfidero@antioch.edu

March 18, 2011 for Immediate Release

AUNE Environmental Studies Students Show Their Stuff

ES projects to be showcased at tenth annual Research Symposium

(Keene, New Hampshire) - Environmental Studies students will present their research projects through talks and posters, beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 2, in the Community Room at Antioch University New England (AUNE). The tenth annual Environmental Studies Research Symposium is an opportunity for students to show their work to the AUNE community and the general public.

Peter Palmiotto, director of the Conservation Biology program, will open the symposium. Presentations will cover the broad areas of vertebrate habitat, ecosystem dynamics, and restoration and public-environment relationships.

Students will each have fifteen minutes to talk about the progress of their research and to answer questions. Some of the topics they will present are:

Behavior and latrine use by river otters on Martha’s Vineyard.
outh gambling problems in Windham County, Vermont.
The movement of bobcats crossing highways in southwest New Hampshire.
Hedgehogs and their habitat in Mongolia.
Sharing knowledge about alpine stewardship programs in the Northeast.
Restoring alewives to the Maine island of North Haven.
Restoring trout to northern New Hampshire’s Indian Stream, a tributary of the Connecticut River.
Reversing the decline of Eastern towhees.
Behavior of captive black-handed spider monkeys in Mexico.
How soil crusts of lichen and moss affect establishment of dune plants on Cape Cod.
Restoration of a mangrove grove in the Bahamas.
How recolonizing softshell clams in coastal Massachusetts affects algae blooms.

About Antioch University New England (AUNE)
This is Antioch University New England's forty-seventh year as an institution of higher education. Located in Keene, New Hampshire, AUNE offers rigorous, practice-oriented, values-based master's, doctoral and certificate programs to more than one thousand students. Degrees in education, leadership and management, environmental studies and psychology reflect a dedication to activism, social justice, community service and sustainability. Antioch University New England is the oldest and largest of Antioch University's graduate campuses. For more information about Antioch University New England, visit our web site at: www.antiochne.edu.www.antiochne.edu.

About Antioch University
Antioch University is a five-campus university located in four states. Each campus has its own distinct academic programs, community life and regional or national identity. Antioch University is founded on principles of rigorous liberal arts education, innovative experiential learning and socially engaged citizenship. The multiple campuses of the University nurture in their students the knowledge, skills and habits of reflection to excel as lifelong learners, democratic leaders and global citizens who live lives of meaning and purpose. For more information about Antioch University's campuses, its university-wide PhD program, or the Antioch Education Abroad program, visit www.antioch.edu.

Last Updated: 3/24/11